Editing Conjunction (astronomy) (section)

=== 1503 ===

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File:Meeting of Mars, Jupiter and Saturn on December 26th, 1503.png|Mars, Jupiter and Saturn in the constellation Gemini on December 26, 1503
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Between December 22, 1503, and December 27, 1503, all three bright outer planets Mars, Jupiter and Saturn reached their opposition to sun and stood therefore close together at the nocturnal sky. During the opposition period 1503 Mars stood 3 times in conjunction with Jupiter (October 5, 1503, January 19, 1504, and February 8, 1504) and 3 times in conjunction with Saturn (October 14, 1503, December 26, 1503, and March 7, 1504). Jupiter and Saturn stood on May 24, 1504, in close conjunction with an angular separation of 19 arcminutes.